RoboTeam mascot illustration

I always wanted to illustrate a character that could function as a company mascot. And it happened - I was asked to design a character for a company that organizes Lego-based workshops for kids. In this case the illustration had to represent a robot. It had to look a little bit like a toy but without that childish impression. I was advised to inspire myself with the cast of the Toy Story movies.
I started by making some quick concept sketches to present different ideas of how the character could look like. The first feedback I received was to design something more bad-ass looking, something more confident. So instead of drawing all those "hello-hug-me" sweeties I drawn a real hero in shiny white armor. The colors and head shape also refers to the company logo which adds a nice touch to the overall effect.